Machine for making vermicelli and similar produce



Jan. 21, 1930. r. TAUREL 1,744,591

MACHINE. FOR MAKING VERMIGELLI AND SIMILAR PRODUCE Filed Jan. 20, 1926 2 Sl'leets-SheexI 1 Eej. 4 i

Jan. 2l, '1930. F. TAUEL 1,744,591

MACHINE FOR MAKING VERMICELLI AND SIMILAR PRODUCE Filed Jan. 20, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 21, 1930 UNITED STATES FERNANDO TAUREL, OF BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA `MACHINE FOR MAKING VERMICELLI AND SIMILAR PROIDUCE Application filed January 20,1926. Serial No. 82,554.

The invention relates to machines for manufacturing vermieelli and other nutritive pastes or dough in the form of either solid or tubular bodies.

An object of the invention is to provide a machine of the character indicated in which the nutritive qualities, aroma and flavor of the product will be preserved.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the passage of the paste or dough through the matrix is facilitated.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for supporting` the matrix, which permits it to be readily7 applied and removed and which permits the matrix to be cleaned without stopping of the machine.

@ther objects and advantages reside in certain novel features of the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of a machine embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Figure t is a sectional view on line 1-1 of Figure 1, with the compressing and feed screws removed.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view` of a. modification.

Referring to the drawing, A is a support upc-n which the machine is mounted. B is a chambered body preferably formed with two chambers 2 and 3 as shown in Figure 4. In the chambers 2 and 3 are mounted two n compressing and feed screws 1 and 1a, which turn in opposite directions. The body B is closed at its rear end by the plate b and this plate is secured to the body by bolts a, the rear ends of which are secured to the housing 7, and support it in spaced relation to the body. The shafts c, ca of the screws 1, 1a are mounted in the plate Z) and housing 7. On the shafts c, ca of the feed screws between the plate b and the housing are mounted the pinions 4; and 5 meshing with each other.

The shaft c has mounted thereon in the housing the worm wheel 6 which meshes with the worm 9 on the shaft 1() mounted in the housing and having at one end pulleys 8 by means of which the shaft 10 is operated. Secured to the rear'end of the body B and opening into the chambers 2 and 3 thereof is the mouthpiece 18. At each side of the mouthpiece a flutedroller 19 is mounted and disposed adjacent the lower roller is an endless feed apron 20, mounted on rollers 21, only one of which is shown.

In order to prevent the paste or dough from being over heated in its passage through the chambers 2 and 3 and thereby its nutritive qualities and iavor impaired, the body B is provided with the annular channel 11 in which a cooling medium such as cold water is circulated.

To the front of the body B the member 12 issecured and into which the paste or dough is delivered and compressed by the screws 1 and la. The member 12 is provided with a channel 13 through which a heating medium' such as hot water or steam is circulated. By this means the dough or paste is heated, thereby facilitating the passage of the paste or Clough through the matrix.

The holder for the matrix 14e is in the form of a ring 15 hinged to the body B at 16 and held in a closed position by bolts 17 pivoted to the member 12 and engaging notches in the ring. By disengaging the bolts from the notches of the ring, the ring with the matrix can bev swung to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, when the matrix can be cleaned or removed and a different one subst-ituted.

The operation is as follows:

The shaftV 10 being rotated by the pulleys n 8, the worm 9 meshing with the worm wheel 6, the shaft c of the screw 1 will be rotated and the pinion 4 meshing with the pinion 5 on shaft ca of screw 1a will also be rotated, but in the opposite direction to that of screw l. The paste or dough being placed on the apron 20 is fed by the rollers 19 through the mouthpiece 18 into the chambers Zand 3 and is fed through the chambers by the screws 1 and 1a and forced into the member' 12 and from said member through the openings of the matrix 14. It is understood that during the operation a cooling medium is circulated in the channel 11 in the body and a heating medium circulated in the channel 13 of the member 12, for the purpose before described.

In the modifica-tion shown in Figure 5, the member 12a into which the paste or dough is fed, is mounted on the body so as to permit it to be turned into different positions, and below the matrix 24a avrotary cutter 22 is mounted for cutting the vermicelli into small pieces. To permit the turning of the mem i ber 12, it is provided at its inner end with a flange Z and body B has secured to it the ring b3, which is offset and has the inwardly projecting portion b4, between which and the body the flange b2 of the member 12EL extends. By this means the member 12a turns on a horizontal axis so that it can be turned to permit its outlet end to project vertically or laterally. The matrix 24a is carried by a ring 15a held in a closed position on the outlet 1.2a by the bolts 17a. The cutters 22 are mounted on the shaft 2.3 below the matrix 24a. The shaft 23 is mounted in a removable bearing 24 in the top of the member 12a and carries on its outer end a stepped pulleyr23a to permit the cutter 22 to be operated at different speeds. The bearing 24 is preferably provided with a'stuihng box 26. To prevent the paste or dough from contacting with the shaft 23, a sleeve 25 surrounds the shaft 23. The member 12a is pro-` vided with a channel 13a `for the circulation of a heating medium as in the outlet 12. Then it is desired not to use the cutters, the bearing 24, shaft 23, sleeve 25 and cutters 22 can be removed, and the opening from which the bearing 24 has been removed closed by a plug. It is to be understood that the plug must be flush with the inner face of the member 12a.

I claim:

1. In a machine of the character described, a casing having an open Vend, a matrix attached thereto, a pair of feed screws extending longitudinally in the casing and arranged one above the other, one of the side walls of the casing having a material inlet opening for directing material between the screws, and means for feeding material in a longitudinal direction through the inlet opening.

2. In a machine of the character described,

a casing having an open end, a matrix attached thereto, a pair of feed screws `extending longitudinally in the casing and ,arranged one abeve the other, one of the ,Side walls of the casing having a material inlet opening for 5 dircctinginaterial between the screws, and a pair of spaced parallel rollers arranged 'in advance of the inlet opening for directing the material therethrough.

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